INEC says the multiplicity of ex-parte orders has put it in an awkward and impossible situation.
has urged the Nigerian Bar Association to intervene with its members over the spate of similar and contradictory court orders around party primaries.There have been various court orders and counter-orders regarding the governorship primaries in both theOne of the most controversial involved a PDP aspirant, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, who asked the federal high court in Port-Harcourt to bar the Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki from contesting in the PDP primary.
It further implored the bar not to allow personal considerations to overwhelm their commitment to the profession. “Some of the orders were obtained from courts completely removed from the geographical area where the course of action arose.
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